title: Disaster reduction: what it means for nurses.
abstract: Nurses have a special role to play in strengthening the disaster reduction capacities of their communities. Below, Ailsa Holloway outlines the opportunities for nurses to cooperate with WHO and the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction and to apply their knowledge and skills in confronting the natural and other hazards.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Relief Operations, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holloway
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009726:Nurses; D012106:Research; D014944:World Health Organization